We are pleased to report that 28 people submitted book bingo cards, a number which increases each year. All participants received a Chapter Two Books gift card, and some won at random an item from a tray of prizes. And, one lucky winner received a $50 Bookshop.org gift card! Special mention goes out to three voracious readers who filled an entire bingo card.. wow!
There weren't just book categories on the card this summer, there was also a book event, a podcast and a film square to choose from. Listed below are titles from three of the bingo card categories: quite the range of "beach reads," (about beaches, took place on a beach, were read on a beach...), all kinds of books that have been banned or talk about the issue, and many podcasts that were, until now, unknown to this Book Bingo organizer! :) To learn more, just click on the titles.
Your Idea of a Beach Read:
The Beach Club, by Elin Hilderbrand
Between Two Kingdoms, by Suleika Jaouad
Happiness, by Danielle Steel
A Happier Life, by Kristy Woodson Harvey
How to Fall Out of Love Madly, by Jana Casale
I Hope This Finds You Well, by Natalie Sue
The Idea of You, by Robinne Lee
Island Girls, by Nancy Thayer
Keep Moving Forward, by Matt Landy
Best Beaches, Lonely Planet
Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes
A Novel Summer, by Jaime Brenner
Robots and Empire, Isaac Asimov
Summer on Sunshine Bay, by Debbie Mason
The Sleepwalkers, by Scarlett Thomas
Summer Spies, by Nancy M. Bestful (no library record!)
The Wonder of Small Things: Poems of Peace and Renewal, Ed. by James Crews
I'm A Stranger Here Myself, by Bill Bryson
Triple Sec, by TJ Alexander
Unexploded Remnants, by Elaine Gallagher
A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of An Unfinished Woman, by Joan Anderson
Books that have been Banned OR are about Book Banning:
Ban This Book, by Alan Gratz (2 readers of this one!)
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks, by Shavna Robinson
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
Eleanor and Park, by Rainbow Rowell
Go the F--- to Sleep, by Adam Mansbach (2 readers of this one!)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, by Kirsten Miller
Maus: A Survivor's Tale, by Art Spiegelman
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, by Jesse Andrews
On Affame Bien Les Rats, by Abdelaziz Mouride (no catalog record)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
Sold, by Patricia McCormick (2 readers of this one!)
Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson
Podcasts Listened To:
Thanks again to everyone who took part, it's so fun for staff to see what kind of media patrons tend to gravitate towards. Thanks also to the Friends of the Milne Public Library for their generous and ongoing support of library programming.
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